Tag: Lousaka Polite

Dolphins coach Tony Sparano was in a pretty good mood Wednesday afternoon, shortly after his team concluded its first practice since Monday’s ugly 41-14 loss to the Patriots.

“They were outstanding today, just like I expect them to be,” Sparano said of his players. “It didn’t take them long to get started at all. Had a really good practice today. We spelled out the specific areas that we felt like we …

Brandon Tate returned the opening kickoff of the second half 103 yards for a touchdown and New England scored twice more off blocked kicks and an interception to take a 41-14 victory over the Dolphins Monday night.

Patriots’ safety Patrick Chung was the player of the game, blocking both a Brandon Fields punt and Dan Carpenter field goal and returning Chad Henne’s third interception of the game 51 yards for a …

The question was inevitable to come up at Tony Sparano’s post-game press conference Monday morning, following the disappointing 31-23 loss to the Jets just 12 hours prior. Ultimately, it was the first question asked of …

Chris Clemons likes to hit. Gabril Wilson did not. The difference between the two is where we start our talking points for Monday:

1. Chris Clemons gives the Dolphins the kind of tackler they need at free safety.

Coach Tony Sparano has been singing the praises of Clemons almost since the start of training camp. In Sunday’s game at Buffalo, Clemons, who played his first start-to-finish game ever at free safety after …

For four weeks during Organized Team Activities this spring and four weeks this training camp, the buzzwords used in every article about Mike Nolan’s new defense were “blitzing” and “fast-paced” and “attacking” and “offensive mentality.”

The ongoing debate regarding whether the Dolphins’ Jake Long or Denver’s Ryan Clady is the top young offensive tackle in the NFL got ratcheted up another notch Thursday when Clady finished ahead of Long in balloting for the AP All-Pro team.

Clady joined Cleveland veteran Joe Thomas as the tackles on the All-Pro first team.

Long was the No. 1 pick in the 2008 draft while Clady went to Denver at No. …

Coach Tony Sparano’s politicking on behalf of fullback Lousaka Polite and defensive end Randy Starks for Pro Bowl consideration apparently fell on deaf ears as both players were passed over when the rosters were named Tuesday.…